Adam Kaspar Hesselbach Explained

Adam Kaspar Hesselbach
Birth Date:	15 January 1788
Birth Place:	Würzburg
Nationality:	German
Field:	surgeon anatomist

Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (15 January 1788 – 7 May 1856) was a German surgeon and anatomist. He is the son of Franz Kaspar Hesselbach. In 1818 Hesselbach became a Dr. phil. et medicinae in Würzburg. After that he was a professor for surgery in Würzburg (1828-1833) and Bamberg (1836-1843).

Works

• German: Beschreibung des menschlichen Auges (description of the human eye), 1820
• German: Beschreibung der pathologischen Präparate, welche in der königlichen anatomischen Anstalt zu Würzburg aufbewahrt werden (description of the pathologic compounds, which are at the royal anatomic institute of Würzburg), 1824
• German: Die sicherste Art des Bauchschnitts in der Leiste (the safest art of an abdominal cut in the groin), 1819
• German: Die Lehre von den Eingeweidebrüchen (theory of the ruptures), 1829/30.